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Jack Cocker is a London, Ontario-based emerging artist whose subjects are rooted in fragments of images, like a figure or a landmark or a story that he has heard. There is a distinct familiarity to his work as both the landscape and figures connect in a way that invoke a memory or spirit. Oftentimes, these subjects are those Cocker is very familiar with, usually by some sort of personal connection, giving the paintings an autobiographical undertone. While the image and its backstory remain important to the artist, what initially captures his interest is the process of negotiating the image with paint and his imagination in creating a picture that continues to make painting challenging and deeply rewarding for him.